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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India

DateEvent Name
04/28/1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
04/28/1740 Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
04/28/1848 Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
04/28/1936 Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
04/28/1943 Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
04/28/1945 Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
04/28/1952 The war between Japan and India ended.
04/28/1974 Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
04/28/1986 Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
04/28/1992 Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
04/28/1993 Troops storm police complex in Srinagar and free officials from the rebelling 2000 policemen.
04/28/1996 EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.


 


Other Historical Dates and Events
03/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
04/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
05/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
04/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
04/04/1898Hiralal Sen and his brother Motilal Sen purchased a Bioscope Cinematographic Machine from London. The first show of imported films was arranged by them at Classic Theatre on April 4, after which they formed 'The Royal Bioscope Co.,' controlled by H. L. Sen & Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi Street, Calcutta. The Bioscope Company started touring the provinces of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar.
02/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
12/08/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.
02/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
02/12/1997Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
09/09/1997Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.